5. Be wise ye Ruler of the earth, Obey th' anointed Lord, Adore the King of heav'nly birth, And tremble at his word. 6. With humble love address his throne, For if ye frown ye die : Those are secure and those alo:e Who on his grace rely. PSALM 1. LONG METHE. WHY did the Jews proclaim their rage? 2. "Come, let us break his bands," they say, And nail'd the Monarch to the cross. 3. But God, who high in glory reigns, Laughs at their pride, their rage controls; He'll vex their hearts with inward pains, And speak in thunder to their souls. 4. "I will maintain the King I made "On Zion's everlasting hill; 66 My hand shall bring him from the dead, "And he shall stand your Sov'reign still." 20 10 5. [His wondrous rising from the earth Makes his eternal Godhead known: The Lord declares his heav'nly birth, "This day I have begot my Son, 6." Ascend my Son to my right hand, His rod shall crush his foes with ease, PAUSE. 8. Now ye that sit on earthly thrones Be wise, and serve the the Lord, the Lamb; Rejoice and tremble at his name. 9. With humble love address the Son, Lest he grow angry and ye die: His wrath will burn to worlds unknown. If ye provoke his jealousy. 10. His storms shall drive you quick to hell; He is a God, and ye but dust: Happy the souls that know him well, 20 30 And make his grace their only trust.* 40 * Stanza v. Declared to be the Son of God with power by bis resurrection from the dead, Rom. i. 4. PSALM III. COMMON METRE. Doubts and fears suppressed, or, God our defence from sin My and Satan. y God, how many are my fears! How fast my foes increase! Conspiring my eternal death They break my present peace. 2. The lying tempter would persuade There's no relief in Heav'n, And all my swelling sins appear Too big to be forgiv'n. 3. But thou, my glory and my strength, Shalt on the tempter tread, Shalt silence all my threat'ning guilt, And raise my drooping head. [4. I cry'd, and from his holy hill He bow'd a list'ning ear: I call'd my Father and my God, And he subdu'd my fear. 5. He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes In spite of all my foes: I'woke, and wonder'd at the grace That guarded my repose.] 6. What tho' the hosts of Death and Hell All arm'd against me stood? Terrors no more shall shake my soul; My refuge is my God. 10 20 7. Arise O Lord! fulfil thy grace While I thy glory sing: My God has broke the serpent's teeth, 8. Salvation to the Lord belongs, His arm alone can save; Blessings attend thy people here, PSALM III. VER. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8. LONG METRE. LORD, how many are my foes 2. Tir'd with the burdens of the day 3. Supported by thine heav'nly aid * In this Psalm I have changed David's personal enemies into the spiritual enemies of every Christian, namely, sin, Satan, &c. and have mentioned the serpent, the tempter, the guilt of sin, and the sting of death, which are words well known in The New Tes ament. 4. But God sustain'd me all the night; Salvation doth to God belong; He rais'd my head to see the light, And make his praise my morning song. * PSALM IV. VER. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. LONG METRE. Hearing of prayer, or, God our portion, and Christ our hope. O God of grace and righteousness 2. Ye Sons of men! in vain ye try 3. Know that the Lord divides his saints From all the tribes of men beside; He hears the cry of penitents For the dear sake of Christ that dy'd. 4. When our obedient hands have done A thousand works of righteousness We put our trust in God alone, And glory in his pard'ning grace. 10 In the 3d and 4th Psalms there is a verse or two that shew the one to be writ in the morning the other in the evening, wherefore I have chosen out those parts that seem most easily applicable, and have turned them into a morning and evening song. Volume 1. D |